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A Protestant Judge Faces the King of France, 1559. German version of an engraving by Perrissin and Tortorel.

Ordre des avocats de Paris . 1570. Engraving, 20,5x27,2cm.
On June 10, 1559, Henri II attended a sitting of the Parliament in Paris, accompanied by members of his private council. As he sat beneath a canopy decorated with fleurs de lys, Anne Du Bourg addressed him directly, speaking in defence of the persecuted Protestants. Taken to the Bastille (on the left) he was condemned to death and executed..

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